Temotu, Solomon Islands, May 13, 2016 – Francis Nadia was busy, repairing the village school when the earth began to shake in a way the 41-year-old had never felt in his life. “We knew something bad was...

PORT VILA, May 12, 2016 – A new World Bank report says better management of tuna fisheries can help Pacific Island countries gain as much as US$344 million per year in additional sustainable revenues and...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2016 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$9.50 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) today to help China increase water productivity...

Challenge In 2006, Fujian Province lagged behind the other coastal provinces in transport infrastructure. The density of higher class roads was less than half of that in the neighboring Guangdong and Zhejiang,...

SUVA, April 28, 2016 – A new World Bank report recommends that Pacific Island countries supporting or considering deep sea mining activities proceed with a high degree of caution to avoid irreversible...

The debarments are part of Negotiated Resolution Agreements following the acknowledgment of fraudulent practices relating to an environmental project in Vietnam WASHINGTON, April 5, 2016—The World Bank...

Lake Aibi is shrinking. The largest saltwater lake in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is less than half of its size of just 60 years ago. Located in an internally draining, salt-rich...